Wednesday, July 23, 2008

DETAILS CHANGED

So I thought it was going to be an easy 2pm hookup and 8pm delivery. But at around 2pm, when the official dispatch came across the computer with all the details, it had us hooking up at 7pm with deliveries in Spokane at 6am, 7am, 8am, and a final drop in Coeur D Alene, ID at 10am today. We had noticed several of our company trailers that had been loaded and dropped in the lot, so Craig decided to go check to see if by chance our trailer was ready to go early. As luck would have it, it was, and by 3:45pm we had completed a 10 hour break, had fresh hours, and were headed towards Spokane.

The drive on Interstate 90 was beautiful, driving by lush green pine trees, mountains and lakes of the Wenatchee National Forest. At one point during our drive, Craig turned to me and said, "You don't want to know what we have in our trailer". Of course, I bit, and asked, "What"? He smiled and said, "Ice Cream". Dang, that was all I thought about the rest of the drive was all that delicious ice cream and I wouldn't be enjoying any of it. Five hours later, we were pulling into the Company yard to take an 8 hour break before making the ice cream deliveries in the morning.

We were treated to a magnificent sunrise this morning with heavy fog lying low on the horizon. It has stayed pretty much overcast all day and has barely broken the 60 degree temperature mark. We made all of our deliveries on time, albeit one with a very interesting approach to the loading dock, and are presently sitting at a lovely rest stop in Idaho, just shy of the Washington border awaiting to hear what next adventure is in store for us.

1 comment:

Mom said...

I think I'd enjoy that lovely sunset more if i were eating a big bowl of ice cream.

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